Sand Lake Elementary School

Recovering 1 Month of Learning

Summer Vacation Results In Loss of 1 Month’s Learning

Fall Spring Summer Fall

Learning Gains

By Month

-1

SummerVacation

No Learning

??

Loss of 1 Month’s Learning

Greatest ImpactUpon Math(by subject)

Summer Learning Loss: The Problem and Some Solutions

Greatest ImpactUpon

Low-Income Children(by group)

$

Teachers Have toReview 1 Month

of Instruction

Use Summer Tutoring To Recover The 1 Month Of Learning

Evaluate Summer Tutoring

OpportunitiesFor Grades 2 – 4

That Target FCAT Math Needs

“Students at all grade levels benefited from

remedial summer school, but students

in the earliest grades …may benefit most.”

Summer Learning Loss

Identifying Summer Tutoring Options

In-Person

Volunteers

PaidProfessionals

Automated Systems

Online Tutoring

Technology-Supported

Or A

Combination

Evaluation Criteria

CostsHow much will this cost?

What’s the cost-effectiveness

Who Who provides the tutoring?

When When will the tutoring be provided?

Where Where will the tutoring be held?

How How will the tutoring be delivered?

Others Other criteria??

Key Questions

• Who qualifies for the tutoring?• Will the tutoring be free, or subsidized?• Will it be done on a group basis, or individually?• How often will the tutoring be available, and for how long?• How do we measure the impact/effectiveness of the summer tutoring?• Is this a one-time investment, or an ongoing investment?• How will students arrive at tutoring location? Busing? • Other questions ??

Summer Tutoring’s Anticipated Impact

Spring Summer Fall

SummerTutoring

forLearning

At the minimum, maintain existingLearning gains

Gain a jumpstart for new year

Learning gains @

Year-End

Range of Possible Impacts

Opportunity toImprove Students’Academic Abilities

& Improve FCAT

Scores

New Materials

March 10th 2008 Agenda

The Subcommittee:• Purpose, Scope, Composition

Summer Tutoring Project• What, Why, How Much, Who, When

• Metrics

• Today’s Goals• Present Go/NoGo for Next SAC Meeting

Tapping Into Existing Resources

In-PersonKnow -Why

Volunteers• parents, • Retirees

• high/middle school students(community service credit?)

PaidProfessionals

CourseWorks

Technology-SupportedKnow-How

Summer PacksKnow WhatKnow-WhyKnow-How